Regular
meeting cancelled in order for members to attend the Amelia Island
Book Festival February 12-13.

March 13, 2010

President Margie Sauls
called the meeting to order and introduced two guests.

Critique Session
followed with 1 short story & 1 chapter from a novel.

The meeting was
adjourned at 3:45.

April 10, 2010

President
Margie Sauls called the meeting to order and welcomed guest speaker,
Chris Berman.

Guest Speaker: Science
Fiction Author Chris Berman

May 8, 2010

Howard Denson
conducted the meeting in President Margie Sauls’ absence.

Howard
introduced Guest Speaker, Ben Edmonson, who spoke on

“Hypnosis as a Literary Device.”

Edmonson
cited a NY Times article (May 8,2010), “Charting creativity:
signpost of a hazy territory,” as providing some information on his
topic. He also recommended Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood as
a good resource for use of hypnosis in literature. Edmonson says
that all novelists are hypnotists putting our readers in a trance by
“getting lost in the story.” He offered his assistance to any
writers seeking more information on using hypnosis in their writing &
may be contacted at www.affiliatedhypnosis.com